Colour

#FFF8A0

#FFF8A0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFF8A0 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 248, 160 and HSL 56°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFF8A0#FFF8A0

HEX#FFF8A0

RGBrgb(255, 248, 160)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9725, 0.6275

RGB percentages100%, 97.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(55.6, 100%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 37.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 37.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,328

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF8A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.19:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#00075F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF299no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF7A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEDE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.5 Moccasin · ΔE 21.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.4 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A0A7FF

Analogous#FFC8A0, #D7FFA0

Triadic#A0FFF8, #F8A0FF

Split complementary#A0D7FF, #C9A0FF

Tetradic#A0FFC8, #A0A7FF, #FFA0D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFCD3

Darker −10%#FFF46D

Darker −20%#FFF03A

Darker −30%#FFED07

Darker −40%#D3C300

More saturated +25%#FFF8A0

Less saturated −25%#F3EEAC

Channel breakdown

R255

G248

B160

Red255 (100%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue55.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness81.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F8 · B A0

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